Software Engineer

Edinburgh Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)

c.£60,000 - £65,000

Build software unlike anything else on Earth.

Our boundary-pushing client are an R&D tech start-up at the forefront of advancing new and novel ways to see and experience data. This is truly bleeding-edge – nobody else in the world is doing anything quite like this.

From their beautiful city centre offices, a small, specialist team is doing extraordinary things with technologies like React, TypeScript, and Node. They are true craftspeople – with the freedom to experiment and explore on a grand scale.

Predominantly working in web technologies, we are looking for a generalist software engineer who values aesthetics, excited at the prospect of taking ownership over new feature development, and who can demonstrate true love for software engineering above and beyond their day job. Think conferences, personal projects, passion plays, portfolios. Have you always wanted to scratch an itch, work on something that really excites you? Well, this could be your playground…

What you’ll be doing

• Working in a small team developing novel, real-time, large scale web apps
• Iterating fast
• Driving new feature development
• Solve tough problems that haven’t been encountered, or thought about, before
• Work with a broad range of technologies
• Work at complexity and scale

What you’ll bring

• An ability to work in UI technologies like Typescript and React
• Experience building large-scale web applications
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git)
• An appreciation for good UI/UX and data-heavy interfaces
• A thoughtful, senior-level approach to collaboration and problem solving

Bonus points for

• An interest in, or experience with, graphics, games, and design
• Being able to demonstrate personal work via portfolios, github, etc.
• Backend experience or familiarity with AWS, Postgres
• A keen eye for aesthetic detail

What’s in it for you

• Flexible working and remote options
• Top of the range hardware
• Excellent holidays (generous allowance + BH)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Support and investment for meet-ups, conference talks, etc.

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the industry.